Biography

National Book Foundation's 2015 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community

National Parenting Publications Honors Awards

International Reading Association's Young Adults' Choices Booklist

American Library Association "Teens Top Ten" Pick

London Times Book Sense Children's Pick

2011 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award, Nominee

Children's Choice Book Awards

Author of the Year 2010 for Max

Nominee, 2011 Teen Choice Book of the Year (Fang) and 2012 Author of the Year (Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life)

Awards for ReadKiddoRead

Winner of the National Book Foundation's Innovations in Reading Prize

Winner of the American Library Association's Great Websites for Kids

James Patterson is the world’s bestselling author and most trusted storyteller. He has created more enduring fictional characters than any other novelist
writing today, with his Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Women’s Murder Club, Private, NYPD Red, Daniel X, Maximum Ride, and Middle School series.
He has sold over 380 million books worldwide and currently holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. In addition to writing the thriller novels for which he is best known, among them The President Is Missing with
President Bill Clinton, Patterson also writes fiction for young readers of all ages, including the Max Einstein series, produced in partnership
with the Albert Einstein Estate. He is also the first author to have #1 new titles simultaneously on the New York Timesadult
and children’s bestseller lists.

The son of an insurance salesman and a schoolteacher, Patterson grew up in Newburgh, New York, and began casually writing at the age of nineteen.
In 1969, he graduated from Manhattan College. He was given a full-ride scholarship to Vanderbilt University’s graduate program in English.
He left Vanderbilt before getting his PhD due to complications involving the Vietnam War.

Instead, he moved to New York to become a junior copywriter for the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson, eventually becoming CEO of its North
American company.

In 1976, while still working for J. Walter Thompson, Patterson published his first novel, The Thomas Berryman Number, with Little, Brown
and Company. After being turned down by thirty-one publishers, it won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Patterson’s 1993 novel, Along Came a Spider, his first book to feature Alex Cross, was also his first New York Times bestseller in fiction.

In 2001, Morgan Freeman starred as Alex Cross in a film adaptation of Along Came a Spider, and Tyler Perry also played the character in
the 2012 film Alex Cross. A film adaptation of Patterson’s middle-grade novel Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life was
released in theaters in October 2016.

James Patterson has donated more than one million books to students, focusing on some of the most under-resourced schools and youth programs in
the country. To date, he has donated $7.25 million to school and classroom libraries throughout the United States, and $2.1 million to independent
bookstores and employees.

Patterson has recently donated over $35 million to his and his wife’s alma maters—the University of Wisconsin, Vanderbilt University, and
Manhattan College—and he has established over four hundred Teacher and Writer Education Scholarships at twenty-one colleges and universities
throughout the country. Patterson has also donated more than one million books to U.S. soldiers at home and overseas.

In May 2015, Patterson launched a children’s book imprint at Little, Brown—JIMMY Patterson—that is unwaveringly focused on one goal:
turning kids into lifelong readers. This imprint also provides resources, strategies, and programs to serve teachers, parents, librarians,
and booksellers. Patterson invests proceeds from the sales of JIMMY Patterson Books in pro-reading initiatives.

Patterson also founded ReadKiddoRead.com, a website designed to help parents, teachers, and librarians ignite a new generation’s excitement for
reading. Awarded the National Book Foundation’s Innovations in Reading Prize and the American Library Association’s Great Websites for Kids,
the site features thoughtful book reviews from a variety of genres and age ranges, a large and lively Facebook community, and contributions
from other authors.

Patterson’s awards for adult and children’s literature include the Edgar Award, the International Thriller of the Year Award, and the Children’s
Choice Award for Author of the Year. For his initiatives in helping kids become passionate readers and for his philanthropic efforts, Patterson
was presented with the National Book Foundation’s Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community.

He lives in Palm Beach with his wife, Sue, and his son, Jack.

Giving Back to Higher Education...

The Patterson Family Foundation has given over $26 million to the alma maters of James and Sue Patterson: Vanderbilt University, Manhattan College, and the University of Wisconsin.

College Scholarships

The Patterson Family Foundation has awarded over seven million dollars in scholarships to students at 24 different colleges. The James Patterson Teacher
Education Scholarships support up-and-coming teachers, who will help give kids the necessary foundation for lifelong reading enjoyment, at the
following schools:

Appalachian State University - Reich College of Education
Emporia State University - The Teachers College
Florida Atlantic University - College of Education
Howard University - School of Education
Michigan State University - College of Education
Montclair State University - The College of Education and Human Services
Morgan State University - School of Education and Urban Studies
Mississippi State University - College of Education
Relay Graduate School of EducationState University of New York–Geneseo - Ella Cline Shear School of Education
Texas State University–San Marcos - College of Education
Tougaloo College - Division of Education, Supervision and Direction
Towson University - College of Education
University of Alabama - College of Education
University of Arkansas - College of Education and Health Professions
University of Florida - College of Education
University of the Pacific - Gladys L. Bernerd School of Education
University of Pennsylvania – College of Arts and Sciences
University of San Francisco - School of Education
University of Southern California - Rossier School of Education
University of Washington - College of Education

Additionally, the Pattersons support the A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, most recently sponsoring the school's
annual holiday prism concert. The school is consistently ranked as one of the highest-performing public schools in the nation and sends more kids
on to Juilliard than any other school in the country.

After-school reading programs are also in place at four Palm Beach County middle schools where up to 1,000 books have been donated.

National, International, and Community

James is Co-chair, World Book Night 2013; He is founding partner with the Duchess of Cornwall of the Children's Reading Fund (UK); and James is Vice
Chairman of the Board for WXEL-TV, South Florida's public television station.